2007 NPC NATIONALS NOVEMBER 17

[ripitupbaby]

It's time for the BEST national amateur BB competition of the year. 

Nationals will be held in Dallas this weekend, November 17.  The competition is going to be awesome.  Winners of EACH WEIGHT CLASS will receive their Pro cards at this show.

Here's the competitor list so far.  More to be added, I'm sure.

LIGHTWEIGHTS
Barbara Fletcher
Cassie Faussett
Claire Rohrbacker-O'Connell
Galina Serdtsev
Kirsten Haratyk
Patricia Houston
Suzanne Germano
Tammy Patnode

MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Cheri Owen
Ellen Woodley
Pam Shealy
Tina Chandler

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
Amy Neal
Britt Miller
Cheryl Faust
Elena Seiple
Kate Cooper
Kristy Hawkins
Lucy Wilson

HEAVYWEIGHTS
Beverly DiRenzo
Gayle Frankie
Jennifer Gutierrez
Julia Stamper
Julie Peavey
Kris Murrell
Michelle Neil
Sheilahe Brown
Shelly Fields

[ripitupbaby]

There's alot of good info about the competitors on this site (thanks Scott!):
http://scottsspotlightbbathlete.blogspot.com/


Dallas's downtown Fairmont Hotel will be the host to the Women's Championships on Saturday, Nov. 17th. Prejudging starts at 9:00 a.m. and later in the day the Finals will begin at 6:30 p.m.

[ripitupbaby]

My Predictions:


LIGHTWEIGHTS - A VERY competitive class.   
Without question, Claire should win the LW class and the Overall.  I love this woman.  Her conditioning is out of this world, and her dedication and love for BB is admirable and inspiring.  She is facing a tough lineup, but I do not know of a single amateur lightweight on Earth that can beat her.   
She's super shredded, and I just hope that does not work against her in this case....we've seen it before at Nationals, but I am hoping that she takes the whole show.
Barbara, Galina, and Tammy will also be in the Top 5 for sure.

MIDDLEWEIGHTS - Who knows...where did they all go?  I am surprised to see that Britt moved up to LHW.  Tina Chandler should do well, but this could be anyone's show.

LIGHT HEAVYS - Watch out for the showdown between Elena and Kristy for the Pro Card.  Both will look phenominal, Kristy should be shredded to the bone, striated glutes and all.   
Britt looks to be a LHW this year...it will be interesting to see how she's looks in the larger weight class, but she has some extremely tough competition.
Whoever wins the LHW will be in the running for the overall and could give Claire a run for her money lol.

HEAVYWEIGHTS - Michelle Neil and Bev Direnzo will be battling this one out, with Julia Stamper in the mix too.  I have seen pics of Julia and she looks fantastic...totally shredded!  Kris Murell will do well IF she comes in lean enough...she has a great shape. 


It's gonna be a good one!  I wish I was gonna be in the mix, but I'll let Claire take this one, she deserves it.   

[ripitupbaby]

Steve Weinberger released a more updated list.  A lot of additions and a couple of deletions.
I wouldn't change much about my predictions, except to add Nekole Hamrick in the top of the HWs...and I really don't know what will happen with the MWs.



LW
Beni Lopez
Kirsten Haratyk
Claire Rohrbacker - O'Connell
Anastasia Maillard
Pamela Ty
Galina Serdtsev
Anne Marie Kam
Barbara Fletcher
Annette Costa
Suzanne Germano
Tera Guzman
Tammy Patnode
Kristen Mundo
Patricia Houston

MW
Julia Korthage
Denise McMahon
Janet Kaufman
Tina Chandler
Janelle Gallo
Akila Pervis
Jenetta Thompson
Michelle Morrison
Lindsay Mulinazzi
Lisa Burton
Tammi Burdelski
Cheri Owen
Pam Shealy
Brenda Smith
Carolyn Bryant
Ellen Woodley
Yasha Alison Cosentino
Terri Harris
Yahaiva Agosto Vives

LtHW
Sylvia Cowen
Amy Neal
Karen Choat
Kate Cooper
Kristy Hawkins
Myra Adams
Cheryl Faust
Britt Miller
Elena Seiple
Devon Keeth
Deborah Reboynas
Jaime Kocher
Pamela Rogers
Jennie Houston

HW
Debbie Baker
Julia Stamper
Lucy Wilson
Beverly DiRenzo
Jennifer Gutierrez
Yamile Marraro
Sheilah Brown
Christina Rhodes
Gale Frankie
Nekole Hamrick
Kris Murrell
Julie Peavey
Tammy Jones
Shelly Fields
Heather Darling

[az]

thanks for the info Rip! You are such a great mod! I wish I could be there to see, that is going to be a great show...

[ripitupbaby]

thanks for the info Rip! You are such a great mod! I wish I could be there to see, that is going to be a great show...

Az, I think that you and I should both plan on being on stage for this one next year!   

[The BEAST]

Really too bad Britt moved up...that middle weight class could have been hers.  Who knows though from the recent pics I saw she looks great and her shape is just amazing.

My guess for middles is Yahaira who took second last year

[Playboy]

Really too bad Britt moved up...that middle weight class could have been hers.  Who knows though from the recent pics I saw she looks great and her shape is just amazing.

My guess for middles is Yahaira who took second last year

I particularly like that back/double bi shot. Very defined.

[Blockhead]

 Let's give it up for local Chi-Town girl Kirsten Haratyk hailing in the LIGHTWEIGHT class...

 Holla, if you hear me, Kirsten!

[ripitupbaby]

Let's give it up for local Chi-Town girl Kirsten Haratyk hailing in the LIGHTWEIGHT class...

 Holla, if you hear me, Kirsten!

Kirsten looks awesome and should definitely be Top 5.  This is a very competitive LW class, I wish I was gonna be in the mix cuz it's gonna be a great competition.  The LWs and the LHWs will be the two toughest classes IMO.

[Blockhead]

 Kirsten is a bad bitch! You think you could take her to the hole, rip? She actually was one of the guest posers at my show. She's a very good diet guru among a few girls in the area.

[ripitupbaby]

Kirsten is a bad bitch! You think you could take her to the hole, rip? She actually was one of the guest posers at my show. She's a very good diet guru among a few girls in the area.

hahaha  I wouldn't say that, but I'd love to give her a run for her money.   

She's got a TOUGH field this year!!  Claire is unbeatable IMO, but I'll be cheering for Kirsten too!

[siouxcountry]

MD weigh-in pics!...

http://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php?p=379936#post379936

 

[ripitupbaby]

Thanks sioux!!

I looked through the pics...Claire looks unbelieveable of course.   
Galina looks great too.  Barbara Fletcher is incredibly thick but her conditioning looks a bit off.  I'll try to get some more pics of Kirsten and some of the other girls up later today.  The LW class looks REALLY tough.

Kristy Hawkins is sportin the striated glutes. 
And Kris Murell looks like she came in with pretty good conditioning.  She should do pretty well in the HWs.  But everyone's looking shredded! 


 

[az]

Az, I think that you and I should both plan on being on stage for this one next year!   

I'm all in! I hear it's in NY next year, I hope that's true, that would save me a plane ticket!

[ripitupbaby]

I'm all in! I hear it's in NY next year, I hope that's true, that would save me a plane ticket!

Holy cow, are you serious!?! 

I just assumed it would be Atlanta.  New York would be KICK ASS!!!

[az]

Holy cow, are you serious!?! 

I just assumed it would be Atlanta.  New York would be KICK ASS!!!

My training partner's down there helping out her friend (Kert Mclain Lt. Hvy wt) and she txt me that last night.

[Luv2Hurt]

I'm all in! I hear it's in NY next year, I hope that's true, that would save me a plane ticket!

Would be very cool to have you guys prepping for the nationals on here.  Something tells me this is gonna be good! 

The time is now.

[ripitupbaby]

I'm definitely IN for Nats next year.   
I'm seriously considering the North Americans in September as well, but I haven't decided yet.

AZ, I checked a website with the preliminary schedule for next year's National shows, and it says November 21-22 in Atlanta.  But I am going to keep my fingers crossed, as I would LOVE for it to be in NY.  The only problem with NY is that I assume it would be at the Tribecca Performing Arts Center (where the Easterns was)...So everything would be spread out all over the city, there wouldn't be just ONE hotel where everyone stays.  At Team U, people stay everywhere, and you end up having to get cabs all over the city.  Junior Nats was confined to one host hotel where everyone stayed, and the show was right downstairs, so it was pretty cool.

[ripitupbaby]

Claire (LW) and Kristy (LHW) are my top picks for this show.  I haven't seen Elena (LHW) yet though.

Thanks to Gene for his always-amazing photography.

GO CLAIRE!!!!  Check those glutes!   

[az]

Rip if it's in Atlanta I'm still in, what the hell!

My training partner saw Elena last night at weigh-ins and said she is on point.

[ripitupbaby]

Rip if it's in Atlanta I'm still in, what the hell!

My training partner saw Elena last night at weigh-ins and said she is on point.

Elena vs. Kristy is going to be interesting.  Here's a shot of Kristy from the back, striated glutes and all. 

Here are a couple of pics of Galina, who I think will place second in the LWs behind Claire.   

[ripitupbaby]

Tina Chandler made the MWs and looks great.

 

[ripitupbaby]

Kris Murell is looking pretty good.  She has a great shape!

[az]

wow. when I grow up.....